PPE rich list: Covid firms unmasked

[Kreuzberg]

Some highlights:

Before the pandemic, Steve Dechan’s pain management firm, P14 Medical, had posted six-figure losses. Then the former Conservative councillor’s firm won a £276 million contract for masks and gowns, £184 million worth of which were later unused.

Andrew Mills, 59, was a former government adviser. The company won a £250 million contract for PPE which was mostly unused by the NHS.

Ramfoam made £70 million in profits on a deal for mostly unused PPE. In response to the scrutiny, his daughter and employee, Anya, published a picture on Instagram depicting her father boarding a private jet in Dubai. “Living up to what the paper said today,” she joked, adding a “chuckles” emoji.

Uniserve received a £570 million contract for the provision of freight services for the supply of PPE in April 2020. It was also paid £304 million to supply gowns and masks, of which 183 million items, valued at £179 million, ended up on the “do not supply” list. Two months later, Lopez became a Cabinet Office minister for procurement.

These people should be in jail.

They saw an opportunity and/or were in the right place. There should be some refund on the unsuitable items but who enforced the specifications? It was a lottery win for these people funded by the taxpayer. Got to look at who allowed it all.

www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/profits-of-doom
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ppe-rich-list-covid-firms-unmasked-6270fk8xw

I agree

All debts quietly written off by rishi today

It's a national.disgrace

What's wrong with the press

Why isn't this headline news

What country do we live in

These contracts make me furious.

I totally agree with you. It’s our money. They should all be in jail. The apathy in society right now when it comes to this type of corruption frightens me. They are laughing at us and no one stands up to them.

Furious too and am concerned public will just not remember the PPE corruption.

It matters.

All that money adds up to resources and funding that could have been used elsewhere for other causes.

Seemingly no-one held to account?

That’s what I was hoping the big news story was going to be about!!

Conveniently all the coverage is pointing at a sleazy comedian and not the absolute scandal that is our useless government. Funny that.

100, where are the proper journalists? Why are we reading about celebrities sex lives and phil and Holly BS for weeks front page news when this sort of stink is going on. It's disgusting

100%

Same.

Don't forget that ppe is kept in storage andthats money to maintain

So this money squandered gets forgotten about in the torrent of other current daily news stories.

Makes me mad and feel frustrated and helpless. It’s something the electorate should note forget when it comes to vote. And those responsible seemingly not taken to account.

Why do the public have such a high tolerance level for the ineptitude in public spending?

I wonder how this money loss which is sickening can be kept in public memory if no action is taken when it comes to voting?

Where’s the Daily Mail now? No doubt still spewing out bile about Megan Markle whilst they stuff goes conveniently unmentioned. Well, ok, maybe the DM is a poor example but what about better quality papers? What about the BBC? What the hell has happened to the UK?

And what about the truth of the Russian Report, and the Tories partying during Lockdown and lying about it? What about Chinese interference in our political system? Why is all this stuff being allowed to slide?